2003–04 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

For the third season running, a late slump in form ended Charlton Athletic's hopes of European qualification. In 2001–02, they had finished 14th after failing to win any of their final 10 games. In 2002–03, they had finished 12th after a not-quite-so dramatic slump. 2003–04, however, did bring Charlton's best Premiership finish to date, as well as their highest league finish since the 1950s, as they came seventh. For much of the season, they had occupied the Champions League and UEFA Cup places, but the familiar end-of-season setback pushed them out of the European places.

At the end of the season, goalkeeper Dean Kiely was named the club's Player of the Year.

Squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dean Kiely^[2]
2	DF	Radostin Kishishev
3	DF	Chris Powell (on loan to West Ham United)
4	MF	Graham Stuart
5	DF	Richard Rufus
6	DF	Mark Fish
8	MF	Matt Holland^[3] (captain)
9	FW	Jason Euell^[4]
10	MF	Claus Jensen
11	FW	Paolo Di Canio
12	DF	Hermann Hreidarsson
13	GK	Paul Rachubka
14	FW	Jerome Thomas
15	DF	Gary Rowett
16	FW	Kevin Lisbie^[5]
17	FW	Shaun Bartlett
18	DF	Paul Konchesky

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Luke Young
21	FW	Jonatan Johansson
22	MF	Jamal Campbell-Ryce^[6]
23	DF	Michael Turner
24	DF	Jonathan Fortune
25	GK	Simon Royce
26	MF	Adrian Deane
28	DF	Osei Sankofa
29	MF	Neil McCafferty^[7]
30	MF	Stacy Long
31	MF	Lloyd Sam^[8]
32	FW	Stephen Tucker
33	MF	Stephen Hughes
34	GK	Sérgio Leite
35	FW	Carlton Cole (on loan from Chelsea)
36	DF	Chris Perry
37	FW	Alex Varney

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
7		MF	Scott Parker (to Chelsea)
14		DF	Chris Bart-Williams (on loan to Ipswich Town)

No.		Position	Player
20		FW	Mathias Svensson (to Norwich City)
27		FW	Mark DeBolla (to Chesterfield)

Transfers

In

Paolo Di Canio - West Ham United, free
Simon Royce - Leicester City
Carlton Cole - Chelsea, season loan
Matt Holland - Ipswich Town, £750,000 rising to £900,000
Sérgio Leite - Boavista
Stephen Hughes- Watford, free, August 2003
Chris Perry - Tottenham Hotspur, loan made permanent, £100,000, November 2003^[9]
Jerome Thomas - Arsenal, £100,000, 2 February 2004^[10]

Total spending: £950,000 rising to £1,100,000

Out

John Robinson - Cardiff City, contract expired, 2003
Tahar El Khalej - retired
Ben Roberts - Brighton & Hove Albion, 2003
Mathias Svensson - Norwich City, £50,000 rising to £300,000, December 2003
Scott Parker - Chelsea, £10,000,000, 30 January 2004
Chris Bart-Williams - Ipswich Town, loan

Total income: £10,050,000 rising to £10,300,000

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
1	GK	Kiely, DeanDean Kiely	40
24	DF	Fortune, JonathanJonathan Fortune	23
36	DF	Perry, ChrisChris Perry	27
6	DF	Fish, MarkMark Fish	25
12	DF	Hreidarsson, HermannHermann Hreidarsson	35
4	MF	Stuart, GrahamGraham Stuart	26
2	MF	Kishishev, RadostinRadostin Kishishev	32
8	MF	Holland, MattMatt Holland	41
10	MF	Jensen, ClausClaus Jensen	30
11	FW	Di Canio, PaoloPaolo Di Canio	24
9	FW	Euell, JasonJason Euell	25

Results

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Result	0–3	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–1
Position	18	7	7	10	12	15	12	9	7	9	7	4	4	4	6	7	6	5	4

Round	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Result	1–1	2–0	–	–	–	–	–	1–2	–	–	–	–	–	1–1	–	–	–	3–3	–
Position	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	6	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	7

Premier League

Results are courtesy of Statto.^[11]

1 17 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Manchester City	Greenwich, London
	Fish 70' Konchesky Euell	Report	Anelka 13' (pen.) Sibierski 23' Jihai 83'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,780 Referee: Mike Dean

2 23 August 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Charlton Athletic	Wolverhampton, West Midlands
15:00 BST		Report	Euell 5' Jensen 15' Bartlett 25', 33' Parker Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?" 71'Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "?"	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,327 Referee: Phil Dowd

3 26 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Everton	Greenwich, London
		[ Report]		Stadium: The Valley

4 30 August 2003	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Bolton, Greater Manchester
				Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 23,098

5 13 September 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Manchester United	Greenwich, London
13:00 GMT	Euell , 65' Kishishev	Report	van Nistelrooy 62', 82' Butt P. Neville	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,078 Referee: Mike Riley

6 20 September 2003	Aston Villa	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Birmingham
	Alpay 36' Samuel 55'	Report	Young Fortune Lisbie 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,410 Referee: Chris Foy

7 28 September 2003	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Liverpool	Greenwich, London
	Lisbie 31', 43', 83'	Report	Šmicer 15' Owen 52'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,508 Referee: Rob Styles

8 4 October 2003	Portsmouth	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 BST	Sheringham 34'	Report	Fortune 77' Bartlett 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,106 Referee: Graham Poll

9 20 October 2003	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Blackburn, Lancashire
20:00 BST		Report	Hreidarsson 33'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 19,939 Referee: Graham Barber

10 26 October 2003	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Arsenal	Greenwich, London
13:00 GMT	Di Canio 28' (pen.)	Report	Henry 39'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,660 Referee: Steve Dunn

11 3 November 2003	Birmingham City	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Birmingham
	Dugarry 27'	Report	Holland 11', 59'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 27,225 Referee: Phil Dowd

12 8 November 2003	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Fulham	Greenwich, London
	Stuart 10' Johansson 69', 76'	Report	Davis 89'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,344 Referee: Andy D'Urso

13 22 November 2003	Leicester City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Leicester, Leicestershire
15:00 BST	Ferdinand 39'	Report	Di Canio 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 30,242 Referee: Graham Barber

14 29 November 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Leeds United	London
		Report	Milner 9'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,445 Referee: Mark Halsey

15 7 December 2003	Southampton	3–2	Charlton Athletic	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

16 13 December 2003	Middlesbrough	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
15:00		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,721 Referee: Howard Webb

17 20 December 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Newcastle United	Greenwich, London
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,508 Referee: Steve Bennett

18 26 December 2003	Charlton Athletic	4–2	Chelsea	Greenwich, London
15:00	Hreidarsson 1' Holland 35' Johansson 48' Euell 53'	Report	Terry 10' Guðjohnsen 76'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,768 Referee: Graham Poll

19 28 December 2003	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Haringey, London
		Report	Cole 69'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,534 Referee: Paul Durkin

20 7 January 2004	Manchester City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Manchester, Greater Manchester
	Fowler 39'		Di Canio 84'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,307 Referee: Peter Walton

21 10 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Greenwich, London
15:00 GMT	Euell 38', 79'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,148 Referee: Rob Styles

22 17 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Everton	Greenwich, London
GMT		[ Report]		Stadium: The Valley

23 31 January 2004	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Greenwich, London
15:00 GMT	Johansson 12'	Report	Pedersen 1' Nolan 78'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,249 Referee: Andy D'Urso

24 8 February 2004	Chelsea	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Fulham, London
16:05 GMT	Hasselbaink 28 pen.'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,255 Referee: Steve Bennett

27 28 February 2004	Arsenal	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Highbury, London
15:00 GMT	Pires 2' Henry 4'	Report	Jensen 59'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,137 Referee: Graham Barber

28 13 March 2004	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Middlesbrough	Greenwich, London
15:00 GMT	Holland 25'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,270 Referee: Mike Dean

29 20 March 2004	Newcastle United	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
17:30	Shearer 2', 77' Jenas 35'	Report	Jensen 54'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,847 Referee: Mike Riley

32 12 April 2004	Liverpool	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Gerrard	Report	Bartlett 63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,003 Referee: Phil Dowd

33 17 April 2004	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Birmingham City	Greenwich, London
15:00	Holland 86'	Report	Morrison 84'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,206 Referee: Chris Foy

34 20 April 2004	Manchester United	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Saha 28' G. Neville 65'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,477

37 8 May 2004	Leeds United	3–3	Charlton Athletic	Leeds, West Yorkshire
15:00 BST	Kilgallon 29' Pennant 41' Smith 69 pen.'	Report	Holland 11' Euell 76 pen.', 79'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 38,986 Referee: Mark Halsey

38 15 May 2004	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Southampton	Greenwich, London
BST (UTC+01)	Euell 36' Cole 53'	Report	Prutton 64'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,614 Referee: Jeff Winter

FA Cup

3 January: Gillingham 3-2 Charlton Athletic

League Cup

23 September: Charlton Athletic 4-4 Luton Town aet (Charlton win on penalties)
29 October: Everton 1-0 Charlton Athletic

References

^ . http://www.cafc.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10267~200310267,00.html.
^ Kiely was born in Salford, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his debut for Ireland in 1999.
^ Holland was born in Bury, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother, and made his debut for Ireland in 1999
^ Euell was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in July 2004.
^ Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
^ Campbell-Ryce was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would made his international debut for Jamaica in 2003.
^ McCafferty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and appeared for the U16 and U19 teams.
^ Sam was born in Leeds, England, and would make his debut for the U20 side in 2005, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and was called up for Ghana in 2009, also he had to withdraw due to injury.
^ "Perry stays at Charlton". BBC News. 28 November 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/3247130.stm.
^ "Charlton sign Thomas". BBC News. 2 February 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/3452433.stm.
^ . http://www.statto.com/football/teams/charlton-athletic/2003-2004/results.

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2003–04 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Starting 11

Starting 11

Results

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

References